BePuzzled | Squirrel Original 3D Crystal Puzzle, Ages 12 and Up

These puzzles can give you hours of fun. This is my forth one and still a challenge to assemble.

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Overall, this is a very fun little puzzle that is very worth the price I paid (about $7 on sale). The build was a little finicky, but it's a puzzle so figuring it out is half the fun. It took me about two hours, and I think the 12+ age range is right, although it does require some patience and thinking-through to complete. There is a locking bar that runs through the center of the puzzle and holds the core of it together. It took a bit of manual dexterity to hold the puzzle together while I set the bar in place. The finished puzzle seems pretty solid sitting on my desk. Not sure that it was really necessary, but I went back and put a dollop of clear gorilla glue in the hole for the locking bar to keep everything secure. There are a few external pieces that sort of just plug in on the body of the 'hog - those seem pretty secure, but it would be easy enough to use a drop of super glue in case they ever come loose. I dropped a few individual pieces onto the floor while I was building and they were fine, though I worry about the strength of the spines if I were to drop the finished piece. It's a very good-looking display piece, though I imagine dusting it off will be a nightmare, but that's an issue for future-me.

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This is so cute!! It had all the pieces and "instructions" (which are pretty much just an ordered picture of the pieces.) Some pieces were a little hard to figure out how to fit together, and I had to fight with an eye for a good while to fit it correctly, but once I got it positioned just right it went all the way in easily. I also had to adjust the pole through it's head a few times to get it to slide all the way in, but it just took a minute and wasn't hard. I am super happy with this. I was afraid the nose and mouth stickers would look cheap/bad, but if you put them on correctly they look like they are made into the plastic! It's adorable and was very interesting to put together! Price was fair and the quality is great. I love how shiny it is!